[Tutor] Multi-line code that uses \ in doctest

[Don Taylor]

When I try to use something like:

 >>> hexStringNums = ('1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6',\
...                  '7', '8', '9','0')

or:

 >>> for hexString in hexStrings:
...     for x in hexString:
...         if ((not x in hexStringChars) and
...             (not x in hexStringNums)):
...             print hexString+ \
...                 " is not a hex string."
...             break

in doctest (Python 2.4) I get an invalid syntax error around the line 
continuation marker, e.g.

Failed example:
     hexStringNums = ('1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6',... 
'7', '8', '9','0')
Exception raised:
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       File "C:\PYTHON24\lib\doctest.py", line 1243, in __run
         compileflags, 1) in test.globs
       File "<doctest __main__[1]>", line 1
          hexStringNums = ('1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6',... 
      '7', '8', '9','0')
                                                        ^
      SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I can fix this by not using \ line continuations, but is there a way to 
get doctest to parse these lines as I expect?


Thanks,


Don Taylor